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Compare [[Trope Title Shows]].
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* [[Above the Influence]] - Indie rock band with deeply ironic lyrics poking fun at [[Scare 'Em Straight]] tactics.
* [[Above the Ruins]] - Symphonic metal, soaring violins backed with growling electric guitars, thunderous drums, and the occasional air-raid siren. Best known for "Ragnarock", which they describe as "a post-apocalytic jam session".
** [[Ruins for Ruins Sake]] - Their most devoted fandom.
* [[Absent -Minded Professor]] - Indie-electronica nerd rock prone to forgetting the words to their songs live.
* [[Absurdly Spacious Sewer]] - Punk Rock
* [[Accentuate the Negative]] - Covers a wide range of genres, but the lyrics to every single one of their songs are always an angry rant about any subject they can think of. The bitter [[The Rival|rival]] of the band [[Take That]].
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* [[Ascended Glitch]] - A two-man epic glitchstep band.
* [[Ascended Meme]] - A [[Weird Al]] sytle band that chooses a meme and writes a song about it (songs that are already memes are covered). Hit singles include ''[[Dawn of War|Our Enemies Hide In Metal Boxes]]'' and ''[[Bio Shock|Nothin' like a Fistfulla Loitnin']]''. [[Once an Episode|One song]] in an album is [[Overused Running Gag|always]] ''[[Rick Roll|Never Gonna Give You Up]]'' [[Rick Roll|disguised as a different song]].
* [[Arson, Murder, and Jaywalking]] - Emo+Death Metal+Children's rock. Each song starts out dark, gets darker, then becomes trivial.
* [[Ascend to A Higher Plane of Existence]] - The s-l-o-o-o-w-e-s-t and DARKEST prog metal you will ever hear. The band members play "live" concerts, in quotation marks: all the lights are turned off and the band members are behind the curtains.
* [[Atop a Mountain of Corpses]] - As Black as Black Metal gets, absurdly popular in Norway, banned everywhere else
* [[Attention Deficit Ooh Shiny]] - A recent group, unconstrained by genre; they'll play anything, for no longer than sixty seconds (if you're lucky). Early shows had light displays until they proved ''way'' too distracting... to the band.
* [[A -Team Firing]] - Another nerdy tribute band, this team for ''[[The A-Team (TV)|The A-Team]]'' ([[Captain Obvious|of course]]). The guitarist is Murdock, the keyboardist/lead vocalist is Face, the bassist is Hannibal, and the drummer is B. A. All four members have concealed weapons licenses. Most notable for their spot-on [[Filk]] parody of "[[Firefly|The Ballad of Serenity]]" (now "[[Running Gag|My Dog Named Billy]]").
* [[Attract Mode]] - Electronica by a nerdy-but-sexy girl band.
* [[Audio Erotica]] - All-girl Electronica-Glam Rock Revival girl band by way of Goldfrapp, [[Daft Punk (Music)|Daft Punk]], and T-Rex.
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** An [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baroness_(band) actual] sludge metal band from Savannah, GA.
* [[Bazaar of the Bizarre]] - Psychedelic indie pop with Middle Eastern influences. (Imagine if of Montreal spent a year in Cairo or Tehran).
* [[Bare -Fisted Monk]] - Soft-rock group that shuns any instrument they can't play with their bare hands.
* [[Beam Spam]] - Electronic with epilepsy-inducing music videos.
** I got dibs.
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*** Don't forget Jayne on tambourine and rain stick.
* [[Big Lipped Alligator Moment]] - Punk or metal with [[Mind Screw]] lyrics.
* [[Big BoosBoo's Haunt]] - Long-time opening band. Mainly does movie soundtracks from horror/thriller movies.
* [[Big No]] - A band that was alternative rock back before there was alternative rock. Unless you have a casette player, expect to search long and hard for any of their songs.
* [[Blatant Lies]] - Grunge metal with a penchant for dark, depressing and nigh-on impenetrable lyrics.
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* [[Bomb Throwing Anarchists]] - Anarchopunk band with sarcastic lyrics about political issues, they also parody the popular culture image of anarchists as [[Anarchy Is Chaos|destructive maniacs.]]
* [[Bottomless Pits]] - Death Metal band who hold the record for the lowest tuning still audible by humans (Also they sing about caves a lot...)
* [[Bread, Eggs, Milk, Squick]] - Country/R&B/Punk/Emo crossover band.
* [[Brain Bleach]] - Plays electronic versions of baroque chamber music, and picked this name to sell more MP-3's.
* [[Break the Cutie]] - "Cheery" emo (if that makes any sense). Fond of taking [[Death Cab for Cutie]] songs and screwing around with the lyrics to make them happier.
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* [[Calvin Ball]]: Nobody's really sure what they are, because they completely change their style... and members... and name... at every single concert.
** Already a pop-punk band from England. They played the FEST 8.
* [[Canada, Eh?]] - A bar cover band, the members are mainly from and live in the United States, but their gimmick is celebrating the US's northern neighbor. They mostly do covers of well-known songs by Canadian musical aritsts (Rush, Alanis Morrsette, Celine Dion, etc.), they dress like Mounties, lumberjacks, hockey players, fur trappers, moose, beavers, etc. and between sets they talk like Bob and Doug Mckenzie and drink Molson.
* [[Candle Jack]] - Gothic metal. Prominently displays a banner with its name at all of their shows. Also known for closing a show by saying "We're Candle Jack, sons of..." proceeding to quickly kill the lights to black out the stage.
* [[Canon Immigrant]] - Folk rock
* [[Cassandra Truth]] - Borderline emo, every song predicts doom and gloom of the worst variety. The lead singer is legendary for her waily vocals.
* [[Cast From Hit Points]]: [[Dark Fantasy]] [[Heavy Mithril]] [[Rock Opera]]. Wear armor with built-in fireworks, so it looks like they're actually doing magic, and hooked up with pipes that squirt fake blood when the firework is launched ([[Nice to The Waiter|the arena janitors and their families are given the best seats at the concert]], and [[Don't Try This At Home|Do Not Attempt!]] is emblazoned across the screen when they shoot at each other). Have understudy band members so the leads can hand off their instruments and duel without messing up the song. Work very closely with fantasy moviemakers (including an anime company) to make their [[Music Video|Music Videos]] (a fusion of live action actors for humans/ humanoids and animated monster opponents, set in an animated environment). Famous for a grand finale pitched battle, mimicking an RPG battle screen, and [[Pet the Dog]] moments [[Dark Is Not Evil|despite]] their [[Darker and Edgier]] story-singing. [[What Do You Mean ItsIt's Not Awesome?|They also incoroporate their sound tech and roadies into the show]]. Trying to get their [[Rock Opera]] made into a TV show (a la' [[Metalocalypse]]). The artists themselves are a [[Five -Man Band]], with [[The Hero]] on lead, [[The Lancer]] on Bass, the [[White Magician Girl]] on keyboard, [[The Big Guy]] on drums, and [[The Smart Guy]] on "explosive instumentation". Every so often, a [[Sixth Ranger]] shows up. He's considered to be the best out of all of them, and his appearance is quite rare, so it's considered a treat by all involved (in the vids, he acts as a [[Deus Ex Machina]], who only shows during their [[Darkest Hour]]).
** Damn it, now I want this to exist really bad.
* [[Cast Herd]] - Electro-pop group [[No Celebrities Were Harmed|that sounds very similar to Devo]].
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* [[Closer to Earth]] - Soft, ambient New Age music with a [[An Aesop|green message]].
* [[Cloudcuckoolander|Cloudcuckoolanders]] - A band whose music style is [[Mix and Match Musical Genres|almost impossible to pin down to one style]]. Their lyrics tend to have a lot of [[Gratuitous Japanese|very]] [[Gratuitous German|random]] [[Gratuitous Spanish|and]] [[Gratuitous Greek|badly]] [[Altum Videtur|translated]] [[As Long As It Sounds Foreign|foreign]] [[Blind Idiot Translation|words and phrases]] as well as [[Speaking Simlish|outright gibberish]]. Heavily influenced by the style of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polysics Polysics].
* [[Cluster F -Bomb]] - Self Demonstrating <s>Article</s> Band. Plays heavy metal and barely goes two lines without swearing.
* [[The Cobblers Children Have No Shoes]] - we're not really sure what they are, but you can be sure their lyrics are full of snappy irony and general pessimism towards the human race.
* [[Colony Drop]] - Arena Rock.
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* [[Creator Breakdown]] - An emo band that mostly sing songs about problems in their lives. Ended up becoming infamous for the [[Harsher in Hindsight]] after the lead singer committed suicide.
* [[Crisis Crossover]] - A supergroup formed by members of [[Green Lantern Ring]], [[Rogues Gallery]], [[Nineties Anti Hero]] and [[Fastball Special]].
* [[Crouching Moron, Hidden Badass]] - Funk rock, Skunk Anansie style, with lazy basslines and killer riffs.
* [[Crowning Moment of Awesome]] - A band which records new material rarely, but is widely agreed to have released some of the greatest and most awe inspiring music of all time. Have been known to play music in every genere, but especially partial to soaring rock anthems and half hour classical jawdroppers.
** The lead singer can rap at the speed of light
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* [[Cryptic Background Reference]] - Like Beatnik poetry with increasingly-pounding basslines, although [[Word Salad Philosophy|the actual lyrics]] are closer to [[They Might Be Giants]].
* [[Crystal Dragon Jesus]] - Japanese rock band with lyrics entirely in [[Gratuitous English]]. [[Blind Idiot Translation|Mangled]] gratuitous English.
** Who also sound like a fusion of [[Shonen Knife]] and [[Godflesh]], but with keyboards and [[What Do You Mean It Wasn't Made On Drugs?|really trippy]], [[Faux Symbolism|symbolism-loaded]] live performances.
* [[Crystal Spires and Togas]] - A spin-off band of [[Raygun Gothic]], formed by the keyboardist because he wished to pursue other musical directions. Accordingly, they have a less technical and not as heavy style. They tell a side-story to [[Raygun Gothic]], involving a [[Red Shirt]] from the third album who got better and became the leader of an alien civilization. Both have played on stage together, performing their split four-disc album ''[[Crisis Crossover]]''.
* [[Cute Bruiser]] - The band that the lead singer of [[Boisterous Bruiser]]'s little sister made. Plays mostly peppy metal.
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** Remember, kids! Goth and emo are mutually exclusive!
* [[Devil but No God]]: Satanic-themed melodic black metal in the style of Dimmu Borgir.
* [[Did You Just Punch Out Cthulhu?]]: Hipster band, known for dressing in 1920's style suits. Only cut one album, which received mixed reviews but general praise for a good climax.
* [[Differently -Powered Individual|Differently Powered Individuals]] - Geek-Techno, all of their songs are about having superpowers.
* [[Dirty Communists]] - Very similar in their unfaltering stage personas to [[Those Wacky Nazis]].Often do covers of folk music. Musical style varies; it is an open secret that each of the band members has a different musical style (though premised on the same idea), and have been at each other's throats.
* [[Disco Dan]] - Singer/composer who has been releasing music consistently since 1976, despite being way too old and having about a dozen remaining fans. Has an [http://ocremix.org/artist/4285/disco-dan artist page] over on [[OC Re Mix]].
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** Alternately, your typical trashy metal band, who often look like they're having seizures on stage.
* [[Erection Rejection]] - a band that plays spoofs of love songs.
* [[EverythingsEverything's Better With Penguins]] - Enthusiastic, goofy punk-pop with an almost childlike, optimistic tone. The world is a giant playground, life is pretty good, and penguins make everything awesome, so why worry?
* [[Eviler Than Thou]] - A death metal band famous for dressing up as famous movie villains. The lead singer is Darth Vader, voice and everything, with Sauron on bass, Darth Maul on guitar, and Agent Smith on drums. The Joker plays keyboard, but it sounds like Bloody Stupid Johnson's synthesizer from [[Discworld (Literature)/Carpe Jugulum|Dontgonearthe]] Castle--all creaks, clanking chains, and screams.
* [[Evil Weapon]] - Heavy metal.
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** Clearly, by this description, Fission Mailed is fronted by [[Mike Patton]].
* [[Five Five Five]] - Faux-santanist pop.
* [[Five -Man Band]] - Another Meta.
** A band of five, who play rock that no one notices.
* [[Five -Bad Band]] - A punk-metal band that is notorious for trashing hotel rooms and being rude to fans, in addition to writing songs all about committing crimes and other such things.
* [[Five Token Band]] - Exactly the same as the [[Five -Man Band]], except for the fact that they are automatically considered cooler because almost all the members somehow fall into a "minority" group.
* [[Flushing Toilet Screaming Shower|Flushing Toilet, Screaming Shower]] - Noise rock with the occasional shakuhachi solo.
* [[The Simpsons|The Flaming Cobra Sugar Cellar]] - Rock band; considered good by most people but [[ItsIt's Popular, Now It Sucks|despised by those who knew them when they were "indie" now that they've supposedly "sold out."]] Their style and trademark surreal lyrics have, of course, gone unchanged.
* [[Franchise Zombie]] - A once successful hard rock band who has been forced to churn out records due to [[Executive Meddling]]. Most of their lyrics now deal with thinly veiled stabs at their oppressors.
* [[Freudian Slip]] - Indie rock band that experiments with different styles. However, every song ends up being about sex.
* [[Frills of Justice]] - A very girly superhero-themed girl pop group that only write songs about how the only way you can succeed in life is by wearing a [[Pimped -Out Dress]].
* [[Furries Are Easier to Draw]] - Gimmick band who perform in fursuits, were a media darling for a few weeks before falling apart due to 'creative differences'.
* [[Gemstone Assault]] - Death metal band with songs filled to the brim with [[Heavy Mithril|fantasy]] lyrics.
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* [[Glass Cannon]] - Their songs glorify kitschy sculptures. Notable for only using hand-blown instruments with "cannon art," meaning that they used nothing but a cannon-shaped xylophone, cannon-emblazoned glasses and bottles filled with varying amounts of liquid, and a glass gong with an actual cannonball in the center for 5 years before getting more instruments. Their biggest hit is a cover of the 1812 overture, plus lyrics, which usually either crushes or pierces the guitarist's right foot in the end.
* [[Gorn]] - Just your average death metal/grindcore band with extremely graphic and violent lyrics.
* [[G -Rated Sex]] - Indie pop garage rock with sexual lyrics set to a bubble gum tune.
* [[Gratuitous Japanese]] - An American J-Pop cover band whose repertoire consists mostly of [[Anime]] theme songs.
* [[Green Lantern Ring]]: Alternative rock/shoegaze. They are best known for their live light shows in which they create various objects out of green light.
* [[Guide Dang It]] - Metal band that records all of its songs with such a growl that you have to read the liner notes to have a clue what the singer's saying.
* [[Half -Human Hybrid]] - A small Nerdish group of Juillard Graduates that are well-known for their experimental crossbreeds of several musical genres, fans are there just to see what they come up with next. The former lead left to record under [[Interspecies Romance]]
* [[Have I Mentioned I Am Heterosexual Today?]] - Glam rock.
* [[Heavy Meta]] - Why meta when you can [[Mind Screw]]? All their songs are about how awesome [[Heavy Metal (Music)|Heavy Metal]] is.
** [[Heavy Meta]] is a real-life desighn company
* [[Heavy Metal Umlaut|Heavy Metal Umlauts]] - [[Exactly What It Says On the Tin|Heavy metal. With umlauts.]]
* [[Hero With Bad Publicity]] - A rock band trying to go mainstream.
* [[Hey ItsIt's That Voice]] - A parody band made up largely of professional voice actors performing under assumed stage names and personalities.
* [[Highly -Visible Ninja]] - J-pop influenced garage band whose members are in their early teens.
* [[High Speed Missile Dodge]] - Middle-aged local metal band whose original songs are mostly about the muscle cars they owned when they were cheap used cars and wish they still did so they could sell them for a fortune at Barrett-Jackson. Lead singer and bassist are the [[Generation Xerox|fathers of the lead and bassist of Highly Visible Ninja]].
* [[High School Rejects]] - Three teenage nerds singing about, well, [[Exactly What It Says On the Tin|being high-school rejects.]]
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* [[Incorruptible Pure Pureness]] - Parodies Disney-sponsored bands, keeping the same cheery pop feel. All their songs are full of double entendres and dirty jokes.
* [[Informal Eulogy]] - A pop "punk" band who's had a hit or two with teen girls, they think they're ironic and relevant, but in reality they just suck. But as you know, YMMV.
* [[Interspecies Romance]] - After the first three albums came out, the lead of [[Half -Human Hybrid|Half Human Hybrids]] became so popular that she left to form her own band, with lyrics involving [[Mars Needs Women]] and [[Beast and Beauty]] themes. Some suspect very strong Author Appeal here.
* [[Through the Eyes of Madness]] - Dronecore/ambient electronic, with a lot of references to going mad in the lyrics.
* [[The Invisible Band]] - A darker progressive rock band, with self-referential lyrics.
* [[I Read That As]] - Rock and roll cover band with lyrics based on mondegreens.
* [[Iron Woobie]] - Indie rock [[Five -Man Band]] who run from power ballads to thrash metal stylings, famed for albums that go from one end of the sliding scales to the other. The name was given to them by the doctor who ran the group session they met in. Every album is dedicated to "Dr. Rob" and one other bright spot in a band member's life. In general, the band's sadder songs are honest reflections of some of the bullshit they've been through-- and their [[Crowning Music of Awesome]] come in celebration of even the smallest victories. Known for their honesty and candor in interviews. Started "the tour that shouldn't work" with [[Attract Mode]], [[My Hero Zero]], [[Fan of Underdog]], [[Incorruptible Pure Pureness]] and [[Manic Pixie Dream Girl]]. Despite early technical issues, it worked.
* [[Its All My Fault|It's All My Fault]] - The most emo of all emo bands. All of their songs are about the same thing: A desire to die. Every single member of the band is convinced that their lives are meaningless and worthless, and they blame everything on themselves. No one is allowed to bring any sharp object to their concerts, and ambulances are kept ready at all times in case any of them attempt to kill themselves on stage. There have been several incidents in the past, one of notice was when the lead singer attempted to drown himself in his own tears. He did not die, but, suffice to say, it did not end well.
* [[I Take Offence to That Last One]]: Punk. Last song in an album chooses [[Acceptable Targets]] to rip on.
* [[It Was His Sled]]: Folk group with a focus on story songs. Whether or not you've heard their songs before, you know how they're going to end.
* [[ItsIt's Popular, Now It Sucks]] - An underground music band that tears apart popular songs by mocking them viciously in their lyrics. When they themselves become popular, they start mocking ''themselves.''
* [[Izchaks Wrath]] - Punk, with the trademark logo "+)m" emblazoned on their instruments. Nobody has heard of them or understand their lyrics except you and your nerd friends. Songs include "Do You Want Your Possessions Identified?" and "I Believe It Not!"
* [[Jerkass Sue]] - An all-girl band with punk overtones, but whose music has been watered down for commercial radio play. Think Avril Lavigne.
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* [[Kill It With Fire]] - American rock/metal band. Their first album, the self-titled ''[[Kill It With Fire]]'' (2000) went to number 1 in five countries and had been translated into seven languages. Their next album and titular single, ''[[Where I Was Born and Razed]]'' (2003) went to number 1 in ten countries. After that came third album ''[[Playing With Fire]]'' (2004), another chart-topper. Their next album, ''[[Our Dragons Are Different]]'' (2006) also reached number 1, but at a slower rate. Their [[Darker and Edgier|darkest]] album yet, ''[[Out of the Inferno]]'' (2008) has become both a hit and a major point of disagreement amongst the band. However, their latest, ''[[Apocalypse How]]'' (2009), is sure to hit the top of the charts.
* [[King in The Mountain]] - Hard Celtic rock, sort of like Boiled In Lead.
* [[KirksKirk's Rock]] - Some sort of nerd band.
* [[Kiss of the Vampire]] - a semi-goth/punk girl band. The band has an inexplicable fixation on vampires, and every music video and concert features at least one member of the band being bitten on the neck by another member. [[AuthorsAuthor's Saving Throw|Outspoken in their hatred of]] [[Twilight (Literature)|Twilight]].
* [[Klingon Promotion]] - Completely nerdcore, shows up to every performance in Klingon garb and makeup. Broke up after the bassist took the band's name to heart...
* [[The Knights Who Say Squee]] - [[Heavy Mithril]] [[Affectionate Parody]] band.
* [[Lady of War]] - An all-girl power metal band, with the [[Face of the Band|lead singer]] being a [[Tall, Dark and Bishoujo|striking]] [[Nightwish (Music)|ex-opera soprano]]. Thematic similarities in their lyrics to [[Manowar]] have been noted.
* [[Laser -Guided Amnesia]] - Sings about breaking up with girlfriends and forgetting about them. Alternatively, could be an album name.
* [[Last Disc Magic]] - neo-psychedelic trance.
* [[Lawyer -Friendly Cameo]] - Comedy/parody. They cram their songs as full of references as they can. The highlight of a LFC concert is seeing which character the lead singer dresses as. <s> [[Indiana Jones]]</s> ''Montana Smith'' seems to be his favorite.
* [[The Last DJ]] - Stage name of a [[Small Name, Big Ego|DJ with an overblown ego]] who refuses to bow to demands. Currently busking.
* [[Lazy Artist]] - Calypso band with mostly blank album covers.
* [[Leave the Camera Running]] - Soft indie folk, always name dropped by indier-than-thou hipsters.
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* [[Love Martyr]] - A Italian Gothic Metal band who sing mostly about how their female lead singer was in a praticularily bad relationship.
* [[Loving a Shadow]] - Emo, emo, holy crap, emo.
* [[Lyrical Dissonance]] - Hip-hoppy band with disturbing lyrics. Recent hits include "I Can't Love You ([[Dude, She's Like, in A Coma|Until You Fall Asleep]])" and "Washing My Socks (With Your Mother's Blood)"
** Dude, I'm taking the first song title.
* [[Lysistrata Gambit]] - A girl group who write feminist lyrics and melodies that somehow manage to be both catchingly poppy and hauntingly ethereal.
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* [[The Moral Substitute]] - A parody christian rock band of course.
* [[Mordor]] - Straight up brutal death metal with technical influences.
* [[More Dakka]] - '''''Speed metal!''''' All percussion. All the time. Fifteen-hour drum solo! A Techno Power Metal [[Five -Bad Band]] famous for the invasive plastic surgery each member has undergone. They are [[The Rival]] to [[There Is No Kill Like Overkill]] and have an [[Escalating War]] over whose concerts can be more spectacular (read: [[Made of Explodium|explosive]]).
* [[Motor Mouth]] - A small [[Rap Rock]] group known for the eponymous rapper, who writes more lyrics in the first verse than most power ballads. They don't bother with prompters because gibberish is more fun while performing live and nobody needs to call them out if they don't know the words either.
* [[Movie Twist List]] - Nerdcore band that spoofs commonly used plot twists. Also known for spoilering movies within days of their release (which got them almost lynched after they released their number one hit ''[[Luke, I Am Your Father]]''(A song about [[Star Wars|a farm boy who fights]] [[The Empire]], but then finds out that... well, you get the idea.))
* [[MST3K Mantra]] - A Weird-Al-style parody band whose lyrics always make fun of various parts of American pop culture.
* [[Murder the Hypotenuse]] - Strongly Emo-tinged hardcore, in the style of Alesana and Chiodos, with From First to Last -esque angsting and vocal style.
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** Alternatively, an experimental band that fuses (sometimes contradictary) genres seemingly at random, and yet is still increadibly awesome in spite of (or maybe because of) this fact. Ninja, Pirate, Zombie, and Robot costumes are optional.
* [[Nipple and Dimed]] - All-female rock band who perform topless. On tour with [[Thong of Shielding]].
* [[Nobody Poops]] - A mix of techno and orchestral, going for epic sci-fi so hard they fall into [[What Do You Mean ItsIt's Not Awesome?]] - [[Lyrical Dissonance|but the lyrics]] are about [[Most Writers Are Human|humanity's failures of imagination]].
* [[No Export for You]] - An all-male trio who had a J-Pop/Electronica style and ended up being a huge hit in Japan. However, their label decided not to release their music anywhere else, deciding the music would not do well in other countries. The band tried to protest to get their music in other regions, but were quickly shunted off their label and replaced by [[Bad Export for You|a new band who plays off-key covers of their songs.]] The company decided to take the band's idea and sell the music in other countries, however the new band did not perform quite as well.
* [[No Such Thing As Space Jesus]] - Synthpop/techno fusion. The frontman used to head a christian rock band.
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* [[Obstructive Bureaucrat]] - Indie band from Indiana. They met while interning at the BMV in Indianapolis one summer; when they found themselves all working at West Lafayette City Hall upon returning to Purdue that fall, they decided to form a band. They dress in businesswear (the two guys in shirt-and-tie getups, the women in conservative dresses). Their signature song, "Application Denied," consists of the lead singer fantasizing about rejecting [[Sadist Teacher|a hated teacher]]'s driver's license renewal.
* [[Omnicidal Maniac]] - Doom metal. All of their songs chronicle the different means for all life on Earth to go extinct, usually from the point of view of the one causing the extinction.
* [[One -Hit -Point Wonder]] - Rock band. When a member gets shot, they post-pone the same concert.
* [[One -Man Army]]: All rock band whose songs combines the use of every single possible instrument in an orchestra, but they're all played [[I Am the Band|by one man]]
* [[One -Winged Angel]] Symphonic gothic fully-orchestrated power metal from Japan.
* [[Only Sane Man]] - A strange [[Genre Busting]] garage band where the lead singer dresses like someone from [[The Hives]] while everyone else dresses trashy and over the top. While the band plays thrash metal the singer will have lyrical pieces and very clean-sounding speech (albeit with some cursing). Subject matter will probably involve how antagonistic the singer is to the rest of the band, [[Alter Ego Acting|even if they're all in on it]].
* [[Paint the Hero Black]] - An alternative rock band that sings songs with lyrics that take the most heroic actions in history and try to vilify them. Famous for their hit single "Thirteenth Amendment Blues". While they pretend to be bitter enemies with [[What the Hell, Hero?]] it's all scripted for laughs.
* [[Paranoia Gambit]] - Industrial Synthetic Rock, advertises through propaganda-style posters.
* [[Party in My Pocket]] - Cock rock, all their songs are full of double-(and single-)entendres.
* [[Paper Fan of Doom]] - Japanese pop/rock. Everything you never wanted to know about the [[Jumping the Shark|shark-jumpingest]] new show's premise, in words you don't understand.
* [[The Peter Principle]] - A four-piece indie rock group, [[Non -Indicative Name|not one of whom is named Peter]]. Described as the private-sector equivalent of Obstructive Bureaucrat, in that they are Midwestern and play indie rock and tend to dress in businesswear, but met instead while at internship at General Motors headquarters in Detroit. Despite the name, not one of their songs has anything to do with the workplace more than generically (e.g. "In Love With the Boss").
* [[Planet Eris]] - Discordian rock.
* [[Planetville]]: A [[Zeerust]]-filled '60s pop band.
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** It's not a Rock 'n Roll band, it's ''the'' Rock 'n Roll band. All of their songs are about Rock, the influence it's had on the music industry, great rock musicians of the past, and how Rock has changed the world. Only beaten by [[The Beatles]] in sheer popularity. There was once a a kid with cancer who, as his Make-A-Wish, asked if he could play a few riffs with this band. By the end of the first song, his cancer was cured and he had grown a beard. That's how awesome this band is.
* The [[Power Trio]] - Glam-rock band with a singer/guitarist as the leader, a sarcastic, intellectual female pianist as the songwriter, and a drummer who just likes to hit things.
* [[Precision F -Strike]] - True to the name, this band keeps their language ''very'' clean...except once on each album, in the least likely place.
* [[Predators Are Mean]]: pretty much the longer running [[Evil Counterpart]] to [[Furries Are Easier to Draw]]. Death/ doom Metal, and wear [[Big Badass Wolf]] costumes.
* [[Pretty Freeloaders]] - J-pop [[Idol Singer]] duet with generic-sounding songs.
* [[Princess Classic]] - [[Tastes Like Diabetes|Obnoxiously cute]] girl pop group of skinny teens in ''way'' too much makeup and [[Pimped -Out Dress|insanely frilly princess dresses]]. Created and promoted by the Disney Channel, naturally.
* [[Projected Man]] - Techno.
* Psycho for Hire: A seemingly insane Death Metal band, that actually deal with mental health issues.
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* [[Rage Quit]] - A metal band. At their live shows, the guitarist always makes a mistake about halfway through the fifth song, and his playing just gets worse from that point on until he gives up and walks off stage. Currently looking for a new guitarist.
* [[Rape Is Love]] - Thrash Goregrind-Porngrind fusion.
* [[Rated M for Manly]] - On the surface, Heavy Metal. actually a brilliantly done [[Stealth Parody]] of the genre. Lots of argument amongst fans if they're music is intentionally [[So Bad ItsIt's Good]], unintentionally [[So Bad ItsIt's Good]], So Bad It's Horrible, or just plain Good. Rivals of [[Testosterone Poisoning]].
** We already have this kind of band, and it's called '''[[Manowar]]'''. Save for the name, the description matches perfectly.
* [[Raygun Gothic]] - Power/prog metal. Their albums all tell the ''[[Crystal Spires and Togas]]'' science fiction saga. They are faster than [[Dragon Force]] and more complex than [[Dream Theater (Music)|Dream Theater]], and their ultimate goal is to create the most difficult-to-play piece of music ever.
* [[Real Men Wear Pink]] - A pop-punk band who have all of their band tee's in pink and often joke about being gay when really they do this to get a female fanbase and thus chicks.
* [[Red Oni, Blue Oni]] - More Japanese singers. These ones, for no discernible reason, sing Japanese mythology (and occasionally other mythology) translated to Portuguese through French, with a Punk tune. Nobody has ''any'' idea whose idea it was to start this band.
* [[Refuge in Audacity]] - Punk comedy band that uses a lot of [[Dead Baby Comedy|Dead Baby lyrics]].
** Dibs!
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* [[Rightful King Returns]] - The lead singer is an Elvis impersonator. Nead we say more?
* [[Robo Speak]] - The "vocals" are performed by Appletalk, like MC Hawking.
* [[Rock Me, Amadeus]] - Neoclassical Metal, do a lot of covers of classical symphonies, mostly Mozart.
* [[Rock Me, Asmodeus]] - a hardcore thrash band, but not really black or death metal.
* [[Rocks Fall Everyone Dies]] - The band formed by a disgruntled former member of Kirks Rock, which only lasted two months before the other members left. Currently looking for members.
* [[Rockstar Song]] - a [[Po Mo]] band who songs are all [[Trope Name|Trope Names]] and/or [[Take That|Take Thats]] against other bands or songs. They'd have a sort of Emo/Ska sound if they didn't deny categorization because they hate all genres equally.
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* [[Rouge Angles of Satin]] - Symphonic death metal.
* [[RPG Elements]] - Filk band. Members are named after the Classic elements, and their lyric booklets give the band members [[Character Levels]].
* [[Rule of Cool]] - A popular band that specializes in fast paced Rock music. Known for their hit single, "[[Instant Awesome, Just Add Ninja|Instant Awesome: Just Add]] [[Ninja Pirate Zombie Robot|Ninja Pirate Zombie Robots]]".
* [[Samus Is a Girl]] - A glam/punk rock hybrid band whose members are all drag queens and kings.
* [[Schizo Tech]] - Alternative rock, using instruments such as violins, electric guitars, trombones, synthesizers, banjos, and amplifiers. An extremely unique sound.
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* [[A Simple Plan|Simple Plan]] - Pop-punk, maybe from Cana- wait...
* [[The Snark Knight]] - A trio of bass/vocals/drums playing a very stripped-down hybrid of [[Post Punk]] and [[Psychedelic Rock]]. Notorious for their extremely insightful ([[Sesquipedalian Loquaciousness|and verbose]]) lyrical [[Take That|Take Thats]] to ''everything''... [[Take That Me|Including themselves.]]
* So Bad It's Horrible - A garage band that tries ''so hard'' to be the worst band on the entire planet, complete with an awful singer, an out-of-tune guitar, and a drummer who just bangs things randomly, pretending to be completely ignorant as to what a beat is. [[Springtime for Hitler|They end up gaining fans]] because the worst they can manage to get is [[So Bad ItsIt's Good]]. Take inspiration from the Shaggs.
* So Yeah - Indie-ish [[Power Pop]] based in Seattle but with two of four members from Vancouver (its fans debate whether they sound more like [[OK Go]] or [[The New Pornographers]]). A fair number of their songs just kind of trail off without actually ''ending'', on the grounds that "you know where this is going, so why should we keep playing?" Most of these songs (and all of their albums) are references to [[Eddie Izzard]] routines.
* [[Someday This Will Come in Handy]] - Progressive Rock, interspersed with random trivia. At least once per song, at least one band member will implement whatever is in his/her pockets at the time.
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* [[Spikes of Villainy]] - affectionate parody of [[Black Metal]]. Lots of [[Heavy Mithril|fantasy]] and [[Warhammer 40 K]] references in the lyrics.
* [[Springtime for Hitler]] - A neo-Nazi rock band that keeps trying to get themselves pulled off the radio by singing praises for Hitler. The controversy just makes them even ''more'' popular.
* [[Squee]] - a Japanese pop band whose songs are incomprehensible, but the few understandable lyrics all relate to a [[Sugar Bowl]] world where [[EverythingsEverything's Better With Sparkles|sparkles reign supreme.]]
** Or, a group doing [[Myst]]-themed parodies.
* [[Spit Trail Kiss]] - A french dj and vocalist duo mashing Electronica-House-Club-Trance-Jungle Bass genres.
* [[Squishy Wizard]] - A group of self admitted nerds with songs that spoof videogame tropes, such as the titular wizard.
* [[Start to Corpse]] - As always with names like these, metal, probably some garage band who's a bit confused on their exact sub-genre, or what it actually means. Bassist wants to play Black metal, the drummer wants to play Death metal, the Guitarist wants to experiment, and the lead singer is still mesmerised by the idea of subgenres.
* [[Steampunk]] - Symphonic metal band... with a twist! The band uses [[Schizo Tech|steam tractor with generator attached]] to power their instruments, the drummer uses a [[Clock Punk|clockwork]] backpack with [[Multi -Armed and Dangerous|six extra arms]] to maximize efficency. Some songs use [[Homemade Inventions|overhauled]] string instruments, brass instruments (steam-powered,natch), and a freakin' ''[[There Is No Kill Like Overkill|pipe organ]]''. A [[Shock and Awe|Tesla Coil]] and low-temperature steam provide on-stage effects, musicans dress as Victorian-era gentlemen, [[Bling of War|soldiers]], and [[Mad Scientist|Mad Scientists]]. And you know how they haul all their perephirals around? [[Zeppelins From Another World|With the help of their blimp]]. Currently on tour with [[Raygun Gothic]].
* [[Stepford Smiler]] - A pop rock Band Who Plays very Happy music, But lyrically They talk about Suicide and depression and Murder. Basically [[Lyrical Dissonance]] to the core.
* [[Stock Puzzle]] - A sound crew remixes popular music that you've already heard several hundred times.
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* [[To the Bat Noun]] - Another [[Superhero]] tribute rock band. This band's members dress up as member of the [[Justice League]]: [[Batman]] (lead singer), [[Superman]] (keyboard), [[Wonder Woman]] (guitar), Green Arrow (bass), and [[The Flash]] (drums). They are bitter rivals with [[Adam Westing]].
* [[Too Cool to Live]] - Nihilistic party metal. From the "live fast, die young" school of thought.
* [[Too Spicy for Yog -Sothoth]] - Parodic reggaeton by a set of three Latino nerds (two Puerto Ricans and a Mexican).
* [[Touch of the Monster]] - Goth band with aesthetic and lyrical focus on [[Interspecies Romance]], often involving vampires.
* [[Tradesnark]] - Happy-go-lucky punk pop along the lines of Aquabats. All their songs parody recognizable corporations and all of their policies and controversy.
* [[Trope Names for A Band]] - Nerd/indie with lyrics that take meta humor just a bit too far...
* [[Troperiffic]] - TV Tropes' own band. Every song is about a trope. By far their most popular download is "[[Major -General Song]]".
* [[The Troubles]] - Pop rock with punk influences.
** Another quite good idea.
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* [[Uncle Tomfoolery]] - An all-Black Hardcore Punk group famous for their fast and fierce musical style best displayed in their first two albums ''[[Magical Negro]]'' (1982) and ''[[Scary Black Man]]'' (1983).
* [[True Art]] - A musical collective, kind of like Parliament-Funkadelic, consisting of six different bands. When joined together, they sound like [[Neoclassical Punk Zydeco Rockabilly|bluesy post-rock with angsty lyrics in a foreign language about gore and how much the current establishment sucks.]]
** [[True Art Is Incomprehensible]] - Ambient post-rock like Godspeed You! Black Emperor, with a penchant for [[Word Salad Lyrics]], unusual instruments, and the [[Truck DriversDriver's Gear Change]].
** [[True Art Is Angsty]] - Whiny emo of the most obnoxious kind.
*** Later ditched any pretence of musicality, becoming a brutal [[Industrial|Power Electronics]] outfit infamous for their extremely disturbing [[Narm|yet strangely hilarious]] live performances.
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* [[Wall Banger (Darth Wiki)|The Wallbangers]] - Classic rock.
* [[Wallet Moths|The Wallet Moths]] - Indie rock. Currently busking.
* [[Wangst]] - Supergroup formed by all the members of [[Erection Rejection]], [[Face Full of Alien Wingwong]], [[Feng Schwing]], and [[G -Rated Sex]], as well as the drummer from [[X Meets Y]] and the vocalists from [[Party in My Pocket]]. NSFC, NSFT, NSFSC... hell, not safe for ANYBODY.
* [[Wave of Babies]] - A bishonen j-pop band
* [[Well, Excuse Me, Princess!]] - All woman punk band - sings gritty songs about how they hate débutantes and Ivy Leaguers.
* [[We Are Not the Wehrmacht]] - Leftist German hardcore punk band.
* [[We Can Rule Together]]- Progressive Power Metal two-man band. Their sound is epic and thunderous, but with subtle love song-like violin pieces. The members dress up as famous historical people who opposed each other. Heavy [[Audience Participation]] is one of the things they're renowned for.
* [[What the Hell, Hero?]] - A punk band that sings songs about famous heroic historical figures and the most vile things they have ever done. While they pretend to be bitter enemies with [[Paint the Hero Black]] it's all scripted for laughs.
* [[A Wizard Did It]] - Their lyrics are full of ''Dungeons and Dragons'' references.
* [[Wiki Words]] - The lyrics of all their songs are freely avaiable online and anyone can edit them. In live performances they only play the instrumental and encourages the aduience to sing the songs, one of the band members is possibly Jimmy Wales in disguise...
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